One day at a time

[TYGtoday]

Today...
A reading on "Today" from Food for the Soul for Nov. 15th (p. 320):


Practicing the Eleventh Step

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us, and the power to carry that out.

--Today I ask for help for staying in the present.
--Today I ask for help in turning my attention toward helping others.
-- Today I fill myself with good thoughts and good deeds.
-- Today I surround myself with positive people.
-- Today I choose to nourish my body with the healthy foods available on the food plan.
-- Today I focus on improving my conscious contact with my Higher Power. I pray for the wisdom to be open to hear from the people carrying God's message.

For today, I fill myself up by listening to God and listening to the wisdom that God sends me through others.

[TYGtoday]

From Food for the Soul, Sept. 10th (p. 254):
There is Only This Moment

I have to work the program only one moment at a time. A gift of my early abstinence was the decision to delay. It meant confronting the urge or craving and then deciding, "No, at thismoment I am not going to eat that."

I learned I do not have to wallow in grief because I will never eat my former favorite foods. I confidently affirm my plan for today. Being in the moment meana I gain energy and room to take in the delights of this day. Acknowledging that I don't know what tomorrow holds helps me stay humble.

Living one moment at a time, I can let go of romancing my past. By using the Twelve Steps, I look at my past to learn patterns. I no longer need to linger and relive the painful memories of shame, guilt, anger, fear, and loneliness that characterized my active food addiction. When I choose to stay in the moment, I may even feel gratitude that I know the truth about my body and addictive foods.

For today, I ask my Higher Power to help me to be present in each moment, each meal, and each bite.

[lynni]

I need to read this every hour on the hour and as needed! I have to constantly remind myself to stay in the day. I am by nature always 7 days to a year ahead. I always thought I was a planner....obviously I have crossed that line into areas where it could hinder me to always look in the future and never appreciate the moment. At this moment I am taking the time to appreciate the above post of the eleventh step. At this moment I appreciate and am grateful that I made it to this moment when so many have died or have been seriously injured in the past 24 hours in my area. I am grateful for my job, my life, my health, strength and my constant contact with God. For without him I am not. I am in this moment.

[step3]

Thank you for your sharing, lynni.

Blessings,
step3

[TYGtoday]

Here's the reading from the Food for the Soul book, page 232 (August 19th):

The Meaning of Acceptance

Acceptance is the key to my recovery.

Food addiction is a life-stealing disease. Although sugar, flour, and wheat may not kill me as quickly as a drug overdose, it will kill me over time. When I am in the disease of food addiction, I am part of the walking dead.

Acceptance is the first thing I must do, and I must do so with rigorous honesty. Without taking this step, I am merely play-acting, and my recovery ends when the play does.

Acceptance means freedom because it allows me to turn my troubles over to a power greater than myself for guidance. This greater power may include FAA, my sponsor, the literature, or phone calls to healthy friends.

Acceptance means direction. I am given clear direction in the mental, physical, and spiritual realms because I have the guidelines of this program to follow.

Acceptance means loving myself. I no longer have to hide in a food fog. Instead, the problems that I face become opportunities for spiritual growth.

For today, I respect, accept, and love myself as I go through difficult situations.

[kerryvis]

what was happen then .